omega-minus particle

American

[oh-mee-guh-mahy-nuhs, -mey-, oh-meg-uh-] / oʊˈmi gəˈmaɪ nəs, -ˈmeɪ-, oʊˈmɛg ə- /

noun

Physics.

a baryon with strangeness −3, isotopic spin 0, and negative charge; predicted from the mathematics of the Eightfold Way and subsequently discovered. Ω −

Etymology

Origin of omega-minus particle

First recorded in 1960–65

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In 1964, for example, it took no fewer than 33 scientists, operating the large Brookhaven atom smasher, to discover another fleeting bit of matter�the omega-minus particle.

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